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How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? (feddit.de)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by moonleay@feddit.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices.

How many actually use the headphone jack?

I ask, because I have one on my phone, since I really wanted one, but I rarely use it. Like Tops 1/Month.

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[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I also use it daily. I bought a cheap aux to bt adapter for my car so I could wirelessly play music but it's not as good as just plugging it in directly. And it's an extra dongle thing to worry about.

I really just wanted to do Bluetooth because it's slightly more convenient, and when I'm charging my phone while it's plugged into aux there's a bit of a whine over my music. But having the option to do aux when I want is important to me personally

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To fix the whine buy a ground loop isolator for less than $10 (they're all the same). It will sit in-line on the input cord.

Basically your phone is getting two paths to ground - the power connection and the headphone jack. This causes interference (the whine). It's also not good for the power control systems in the phone, though I think it would take years of being connected to actually damage it.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Ah, this is great information. Thank you, I'll look into that